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Tue, March 9, 2021 | 01:33

All 85,000 foreign workers in Gyeonggi ordered to take virus test before March 22

All 85,000 foreign workers in Gyeonggi ordered to take virus test before March 22

All foreign workers in Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds Seoul, were ordered Monday to take the coronavirus test before March 22, as part of authorities' efforts to cope with a recent spike in COVID-19 cases in foreigner-dense areas and workplaces. The latest administrative order from the provincial government of Gyeonggi was delivered to about 85,000 foreign workers in the ...

2021-03-08 13:48

GIs in the Land of the Morning Calm

GIs in the Land of the Morning Calm

I think of myself as the Forrest Gump of Korea. During five tours, starting in 1968 and ending in 1986, I stumbled into such a vast array of experiences that it provided me, I believe, with a unique view of not only the secretive and insular life of the 8th United States Army but more importantly an insight into how we lowly enlisted G.I.s interacted with ― and often clashed ...

2021-03-02 23:38

Foreigners employed by farms and fisheries receive immediate access to health insurance

Foreigners employed by farms and fisheries receive immediate access to health insurance

Foreign nationals employed by farms and fisheries will be eligible for health insurance upon arrival in the country, the labor ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced a set of measures aimed at improving working conditions of foreigners, jointly with the ministries of health, agriculture, and oceans and fisheries.

2021-03-02 14:01

Century-old mansion Dilkusha turned into museum

Century-old mansion Dilkusha turned into museum

Seoul's newest museum is perched up on the hillside above Sajik Tunnel and flanked by a massive ginkgo tree in a two-story brick building known as Dilkusha. Built in 1923 by the American goldminer, businessman and journalist Albert Taylor for his wife Mary, the couple lived in the house until 1942 when they - along with most of the Westerners living in Korea - were deported b...

2021-03-02 10:52

KADA:KUDU offers virtual custom shoe fitting for women

KADA:KUDU offers virtual custom shoe fitting for women

“Shoes have one of the highest return rates across all categories in e-commerce,” KADA:KUDU co-founder Jo Lam began as she explained their new virtual fitting concept, which not only seeks to make fitting easier, but also specific to each foot individually. Along with co-founder Somang Yang, the two, who first met while colleagues for a consultancy in Singapore in 2013, are c...

2021-02-23 18:22

[Korea Encounters] Korea enters 'highway age' 50 years ago

[Korea Encounters] Korea enters 'highway age' 50 years ago

In 1968, Korea entered a new era by building something that both reflected and would contribute to its growing economy: expressways.Construction on a freeway connecting Incheon to Seoul began in March 1967, but the great goal of President Park Chung-hee was to build an expressway connecting Seoul and Busan. Once completed, it would shorten what was then a 12-hour drive to a m...

2021-02-23 17:19

Better support needed for skilled foreigners in domestic job market

Better support needed for skilled foreigners in domestic job market

Carolina Bahamondes, 31, a foreign resident from Chile, has been searching for a job in Korea since she obtained her master's degree from a university in Seoul in February 2020. But so far, it's not going very well. “Last year, I submitted applications to at least 30 companies and received contact from three of them. But we couldn't proceed due to visa issues because I was th...

2021-02-18 15:53

Foreigners with advanced degrees from Korea struggle to find jobs

[Holiday in North Korea] Touring both sides of Korea's DMZ

[Holiday in North Korea] Touring both sides of Korea's DMZ

“What's it like visiting the DMZ from the other side?” she asked me. I felt uncomfortable talking to my North Korean DMZ guide about my travels in the other Korea, a place she can probably never hope to visit. But it was a fair question, so I answered honestly, having visited the DMZ from both sides.

2021-02-16 22:17

Kenektid X Bookstore hosts independent publishing book fair

Kenektid X Bookstore hosts independent publishing book fair

Literature has had an interesting ride over the last year. More people seem to be turning to books amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but these new reading habits have yet to make a significant economic impact on the publishing industry. Kenektid X Bookstore, a small shop located on the outdoor third-floor terrace of the Sewoon Shopping Center complex, is going ahead with its annual...

2021-02-16 21:12

Gov't to crack down on 'greenhouse dorms' for migrant farm workers

Gov't to crack down on 'greenhouse dorms' for migrant farm workers

The government is beefing up efforts to crack down on substandard accommodation provided to migrant workers, in response to growing calls to improve their living conditions, following the death of a Cambodian worker last December. The deceased worker was found in a “sandwich” panel structure built inside a vinyl greenhouse Dec. 20, on a farm in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province. The...

2021-02-16 16:38

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